How to remove installed apps that open pages like netflowcorp.com?

What is netflowcorp[.]com?

Netflowcorp[.]com is like news-back[.]org, rockstartpush[.]net, newstorg[.]cc, and many other rogue websites that contain deceptive content and promote other potentially malicious pages.

As a rule, users do not open these pages intentionally - they get opened through deceptive ads, shady pages, or potentially unwanted applications (PUAs) that users possibly have installed on browsers or the operating system.

It is noteworthy that PUAs often are designed not only to promote untrustworthy pages like netflowcorp[.]com or other pages of this kind, but also to gather information about their users, generate advertisements.

Once visited, the netflowcorp[.]com page checks the geolocations of its visitors and then displays some deceptive or questionable in some other way content or opens two, three dubious sites.

Usually, pages like netflowcorp[.]com promote download pages for various browser hijackers, adware-type applications, and other unwanted software, scam pages like "Your ANTIVIRUS Subscription Has Expired", "Microsoft Security Essentials Alert", and a variety of other untrustworthy websites used to trick users into installing unwanted software, providing personal information, and so on.

Furthermore, most of the websites like netflowcorp[.]com use some clickbait technique to trick visitors into clicking the "Allow" button and allowing them to show notifications. This page is designed to display graphical content suggesting that it cannot be loaded unless users click the "Allow" button.

It is strongly recommended not to agree to receive notifications from websites like netflowcorp[.]com. As a rule, they show notifications used to advertise various scams and other untrustworthy websites.

It is important to mention that users who have some PUA installed on a browser or the operating system are likely to be forced to see unwanted, annoying ads. It is common that PUAs serve coupons, banners, pop-up ads, surveys, and other ads designed to advertise potentially malicious pages.

In some cases, those ads can be designed to download or install unwanted apps by executing certain scripts after users have clicked on them. Another detail about PUAs is that they tend to be designed to collect various information about their users.

For instance, visited websites, entered search queries, geolocations, IP addresses, etc., or even sensitive information. Moreover, the collected information could be misused for marketing purposes, sold to third parties (potentially cybercriminals), or monetized using other methods. T

herefore, PUAs can be the reason behind problems like stolen identity, issues with browsing safety, online privacy.

Threat Summary:

Name	Ads by netflowcorp.com
Threat Type	Push notifications ads, Unwanted ads, Pop-up ads
Serving IP Address	104.21.53.150
Symptoms	Seeing advertisements not originating from the sites you are browsing. Intrusive pop-up ads. Decreased Internet browsing speed.
Distribution Methods	Deceptive pop-up ads, potentially unwanted applications (adware)
Damage	Decreased computer performance, browser tracking - privacy issues, possible additional malware infections.
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In conclusion, websites like netflowcorp[.]com cannot be trusted/should not be visited. If a browser opens such sites regularly, it likely has a potentially unwanted application installed on it (or a PUA is installed on the operating system).

In such cases, that application should be removed as soon as possible. It is worthwhile to mention that PUAs can be advertised as legitimate applications.

However, most of them are useless. As mentioned in the introduction paragraph, most users download and install PUAs unknowingly.

How did adware install on my computer?

It is common that developers distribute PUAs by bundling them together with free software. More precisely, by including those apps in downloaders and installers as additional offers.

Users cannot to agree to download or install included apps using available "Advanced", "Custom", or other settings, or unticking checkboxes). However, users who leave the settings mentioned above unchanged agree to download or install offered applications.

It is common that users are not aware that downloaders and installers can be bundled with other apps.

In some cases, users cause unwanted downloads and installations by clicking on deceptive advertisements designed to execute certain scripts. As a rule, deceptive ads appear on untrustworthy, unofficial pages.

How to avoid installation of potentially unwanted applications?

Software and files should be downloaded from official pages using direct links. Other sources can be used as channels to distribute malicious files/programs.

Some examples of unreliable sources for downloading files, programs are Peer-to-Peer networks (like eMule, torrent clients), unofficial websites, third-party downloaders.

Furthermore, downloaders and installers that have "Advanced", "Manual, "Custom" or other settings, or some checkboxes should be checked for offers to download or install unwanted applications.

Unwanted offers should be opted out/declined before finishing downloads or installations. Advertisements on unreliable pages should not be clicked as well.

Ads on pages related to pornography, adult dating, gambling, etc., can be used to advertise potentially malicious sites. Moreover, those ads can be used to distribute unwanted software by designing them to execute certain scripts.

Unknown, unwanted, suspicious or unknown extensions, add-ons or plug-ins installed on a browser should be removed. The same applies to software of this kind installed on the operating system.

If your computer is already infected with rogue applications, we recommend running a scan with Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows to automatically eliminate them.

Appearance of netflowcorp[.]com website (GIF):

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Quick menu:

• What is Ads by netflowcorp.com?
• STEP 1. Remove spam notifications from Google Chrome
• STEP 2. Remove spam notifications from Google Chrome (Android)
• STEP 3. Remove spam notifications from Mozilla Firefox
• STEP 4. Remove spam notifications from Microsoft Edge
• STEP 5. Remove spam notifications from Safari (macOS)

Disable unwanted browser notifications:

Video showing how to disable web browser notifications:

Remove spam notifications from Google Chrome:

Click the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen and select "Settings". In the opened window select "Privacy and security", then click on "Site Settings" and choose "Notifications".

In the "Allowed to send notifications" list search for websites that you want to stop receiving notifications from. Click on the three dots icon near the website URL and click "Block" or "Remove" (if you click "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again).

Remove spam notifications from Google Chrome (Android):

Tap the Menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the screen and select "Settings". Scroll down, tap on "Site settings" and then "Notifications".

In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs and tap on them one-by-one. Once the pop-up shows up, select either "Block" or "Remove" (if you tap "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again).

Remove spam notifications from Mozilla Firefox:

Click the Menu button (three bars) on the right upper corner of the screen. Select "Settings" and click on "Privacy & Security" in the toolbar on the left hand side of the screen. Scroll down to the "Permissions" section and click the "Settings" button next to "Notifications".

In the opened window, locate all suspicious URLs and block them using the drop-down menu or either remove them by clicking "Remove Website" at the bottom of the window (if you click "Remove Website" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again).

Remove spam notifications from Microsoft Edge:

Click the menu button (three dots) on the right upper corner of the Edge window and select "Settings". Click on "Cookies and site permissions" in the toolbar on the left hand side of the screen and select "Notifications".

Click three dots on the right hand side of each suspicious URL under "Allow" section and click "Block" or "Remove" (if you click "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again).

Remove spam notifications from Safari (macOS):

Click "Safari" button on the left upper corner of the screen and select "Preferences...". Select the "Websites" tab and then select "Notifications" section on the left pane.

Check for suspicious URLs and apply the "Deny" option using the drop-down menu or either remove them by clicking "Remove" at the bottom of the window (if you click "Remove" and visit the malicious site once more, it will ask to enable notifications again)

How to avoid browser notification spam?

Internet users should be very skeptical when being asked to allow notifications. While this is a useful feature that allows you to receive timely news from websites you like, deceptive marketers frequently abuse it.

Only allow notifications from websites that you fully trust. For added security - use an anti-malware application with a real-time web browsing monitor to block shady websites that tries to trick you into allowing spam notifications. We recommend using Combo Cleaner Antivirus for Windows.

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